Costco

Clean nice Costco with good parking. Open layout. Busy all the time. Very friendly customer service.

I really love that this store is in Charleston. I can’t believe I have not reviewed it before. I go a lot more than I like to admit. Great for gas at a decent price. Very rarely will you find gas anywhere in Charleston cheaper. Great for certain staples for the home that won’t go bad. Their samples are fantastic and can almost make a meal on some days. On this visit there were probably 30 different items if you wanted to work that. I did have about 5 and could have kept going. I have never been to this location when this busy. Must have been the rain that had everyone wanting to do inside things. I can normally find same items at a better price on sale at grocery stores but if needing something now and not able to wait for a sale Costco will almost always be a better deal if you can live with the bulk.

We all know what Costco is. I love their selection of products, especially food items. They’ve got some very tasty prepared food items that only require heating up. They are rotisserie chicken’s taste very good and they’re also very inexpensive. The pharmacy offers good value. But the one thing that brings my rating of Costco down is that they never seem to have an adequate number of cashiers. Usually only the self check outs and two or three cashiers are open, with several other lines closed on blocked off.

i like Costco very much. they have good deals, but today was not a good day for their automotive department. I went there to get my tires balanced and rotated. I bought tires there at Costco and this is a benefit they give their customers when they buy there. I made an appointment the previous week. came in and dropped off my car and strolled around Costco as they said it would take about an hour or less. I called them when an hour was nearly up and they told me that not only had my car not been taken in yet, there were three people ahead of me waiting!!! so they told me at least another hour before the car would be ready. Very disappointed. got my car and left. the very least they could have done was tell me that there was a back-​up. disgusted with them today.

Food court is the BOMB! Stopped by for lunch and realized they have more then pizzas/​hotdogs… they have sandwiches, salads, polish sausage, and brisket sandwich. Best part is they’re fairly cheap.

The concept of a warehouse club is a good one. Prices are typically lower if buying in bulk. However, do you need it? Of course everyone can use paper towels, toilet paper, napkins, etc, so buying bulk makes sense. The frustrating part is the lines. How can you have 12 or more check– outs, when there is no one behind the registers. Ok, I get it, not enough staff, too costly, etc. if that’s the case, remove the registers and use the space for more retail stuff. The ball is dropped at the register, sometimes, out of frustration, I leave the cart and walk out. Is this a nice thing to do, no! So if you want me to spend all this «bulk» dollars, get me out quickly!
Frank G

I have both a costco and sam’s membership as I am a business owner. Costco has a perception of providing better service. I’m not impressed. Sam’s is always faster on the front end. Today when I went to Costco because I got my rebate check back and wanted to cash it, the line was at least 15 deep with ½ the registers closed. They have to notice that the lines on both sides are going into the store. I mean, you can’t even see the registers where you get in line. I put my merchandise back because it was not worth the wait. As I was walking by the service desk, I asked if I could cash my rebate there. Of course not. You have to go to a regular register. I do most of my shopping at Sam’s, because they open up early for their business customers and even in the afternoon’s, I never see lines as long as here.
One other thing, when I got my rebate, it came with a note that they would automatically renew my membership when it expired in May??? I don’t like that at all. I had to call and get that feature removed.

There are many benefits to shopping at Costco but they need to work on the few negatives.
Positive: gasoline quality and prices, meats, seafood, vegetables are the best! Want to save on pet meds, Costco is a lot cheaper than your vet! The pet meds savings alone will pay for your membership! Return police is extremely generous.
Negative: lines at registers, flowers don’t last more than a few days.

I like Costco overall, but I don’t shop here often. Maybe once every 3 – 4 months, when we run out of cat food or toilet paper. I buy gas there more than anything else, and i appreciate the lower gas prices. Costco is a big warehouse store, and has a large amount of food, personsal care, appliances and seasonal items. But be careful, as you can get caught up in the buy large volume game to justify the lower cost per unit. Then you buy more things than you normally would. It also gets very busy, right at opening and throughout the day on the weekends. I like the self checkouts, and utilize them more than the regular registers. Service is ok, but I’m not expecting service here, just lower prices on the consumables I go here to purchase. Cat food time again.

A bulk purchase store but more! Excellent services for hearing aids and top quality glasses. Monthly specials. Super wine and liquor selections. But most importantly a friendly and helpful staff that make it a pleasure to shop there. Oh yea, as of this writing, $ 1.80 for premium gas!

This Costco was just like our Costco in Colorado, clean and very friendly staff. The parking lot as is with all Costco can be a challenge. Be careful.
Prices for the meat and seafood are incredible. I’ve posted a pic of some New York strip steaks my husband and I bought for a dinner party on Saturday. Sorry about the pic of raw meat. Great value!
Good store and selection of everything. This Costco has the wine and beer selection in the store. Very convenient. We saw some great patio furniture for a good price, paddle board’s…everything for everyone. Remember it’s bulk so like what you buy in the food area. :)
As always you can sample lots of food, etc… Friday at Costco Is Crazy Busy!
We love Costco so we will definitely be back.

I love going to Costco and from West Coast to East Coast you know exactly what to expect. There will be someone to greet you at the front door. You will walk into a clean and nice looking warehouse and buy more than what you planned because the deals were so appealing. Check out is easy and luckily out here in the South people seem to avoid the self check out, so it is a quick way to save some time. I wish this was considered a Costco in a high end area because apparently only select Costcos sell Gelato. Costco Gelato is not as amazing as the best homemade Gelato I’ve ever had, but it is way better than most Gelato you’ll ever be able to buy. Go up and speak with the manager and request that the ONLY Costco in Charleston step up their game and get on the Gelato band wagon.

I mean come on! It’s a giant, buy in mass quantities, big box chain store. The upside to this is that they usually do really good samples of food items on the weekends. So if you find yourself hungry and needing to go to Costco, go and browse around the food samples and eat until your hearts content. Or at least until they tell you no more. — But all in all, I do like some of their prices. If it weren’t for a free membership some friends gave us a few years back, we wouldn’t shop here. Be it as it may, the membership runs out at the end of January and me thinks we will not be renewing. Sorry Costco, this is good bye.
Love always, Eric S.

Before I moved to a place with a Costco, everyone always told me how amazing Costco is, so the expectations were set very high. We used to shop at Sam’s and BJs wholesale clubs in New England, and I was so much more impressed with their prices and selection. Those stores always had a generic brand and at least one name brand for things like canned vegetables, dish detergent, etc. Plus, you could always count on products being there once you found favorites. At Costco, there are virtually no choices and products vary from month to month, so it’s impossible to make a real shopping list beforehand. I know Costck says that they do this to ensure the lowest prices, but other wholesale clubs are able to be reliable AND inexpensive. The one definite bright side is the gas price: it is usually 25 – 30 cents cheaper than anywhere around.

Was in the area and popped into this location. Overall the location is a lot like my home Costco. It is clean and well stocked. I have to give a nod at this one though because the clothes area seemed to be better kept than what I am use to. Also this one seems to stock a few more items I wish that the Costco near me would have. The only downsides are that they do not keep up with their carts. Every last one they had were in overflowing returns in the parking lot. That and the exit is so busy they need a light there because it is kind of difficult to get out.

Stuff! Stuff! Everywhere!!! If you don’t know what this is then you need to go get in the car and head over right now. The outer aisles are the consistent products and the inner area is set aside for whatever seasonal stuff is going on. Its always fun to go in for our regular staples of fish, coffee, vegetables, and wine! and then head into the center area to see what new stuff is available. Definitely a great place to shop and the staff is always very helpful.

We drove up to folly beach to check out this Costco for the first time after we moved here. It was very busy and there were a lot of people there. I still like the Augusta Costco much better

This is a good Costco and the staff is always very friendly and other than the place constantly taking money out of my wallet when I come here it really is a great store and like I said this one as well run it has a good produce section as well and the parking lot is pretty big and it’s easy to get to although of course it can be crazy busy on the weekends this is nonetheless very well run to Costco and of course Cosco is a great store to begin with

One of the few stores I know where you can order a half a cow! Great meats and who doesn’t love the cheap hot dag when you exit! Sometimes its cheaper to buy some items elsewhere. Dont always need so much of one thing. You can have a whole lunch just by eating the samples! Now their pharmacy is really worth it, you dont have to be a member to use it. Join up and give it a try.

Costco is one of the best membership clubs around. The free samples along pay for the cost of membership; you can practically make a meal of the free samples if you come in during lunch on a Saturday or Sunday.
Costco is great buying everything in bulk. The only downside to buying in bulk is the produce unless you have a big family or talk another couple into splitting it with you; it’s hard to consume 2 lbs of asparagus in a week. But other things in bulk rock; such as 4 lbs of chicken for the price 2 lbs, rice that will last a year, and vitamins to name a few. This Costco also has a very nice wine selection; Santa Margarita for $ 17 a bottle when it’s like $ 30 on sale at the grocery store.
Also outside of the main store they have a tire department and a liquor store; which I have saved a lot of money in both. Big giant bottle of Grey Goose for the price of a small and tires for $ 400 less than other tire stores. Yes please!
Overall, it’s great being a member of Costco.